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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] slippery, uncertain. See

(Min.)

Zinc sulphide; – called also

blende

black-jack

false galena

, etc. See

(a)

See also: sphalerite and sphalérite

Sphalerite m

See also: Sphalerite and sphalérite

Sphalerite

sphalerite ‎(plural sphalerites)

(mineralogy) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S.^[1]
- 2009 February 6, Jamie J. Wilkinson et al., “Anomalously Metal-Rich Fluids Form Hydrothermal Ore Deposits”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, DOI:10.1126/science.1164436, pages 764-767:
  The Monte Cristo and Philadelphia sphalerites have similar mean Pb concentrations (80 ppm) that are lower than the Lucky Dog sphalerites (119 ppm).

1 2 Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
↑ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944